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​Ukraine’s General Staff Operational Report: russians are Preparing for the Next Wave of Mobilization in Occupied Crimea

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A warrior of 67th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces fires from a heavy machine gun. The brigade is formed on the basis of Ukrainian Volunteer Corps (Right Sector)
A warrior of 67th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces fires from a heavy machine gun. The brigade is formed on the basis of Ukrainian Volunteer Corps (Right Sector)

The three hundred and thirty-seventh day of the russian full-scale invasion has begun. Amid heavy losses, the enemy does not stop its offensive on Bakhmut and Novopavlivka axes. The adversary continued unsuccessful offensive operations on Lyman and Avdiivka axis. However, the invaders stay on the defensive on Kup’yans’k, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson axes

That is according to Ukraine’s General Staff operational update regarding the russian invasion as of 06.00, on January 26, 2023.

As the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine states, during the day of January 26, the adversary launched 37x air and 10x missile strikes, including, on the civilian infrastructure of the cities of Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia.

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The occupant forces launched 97x MLRS attacks targeting residential buildings in Kherson. According to preliminary information, the enemy used 24x Iranian Shahed-136 loitering munitions at night. All of them were intercepted by the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

The Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled occupants’ attacks in the vicinities of Chervonopopivka (Luhansk oblast), Verkhn’okam’yans’ke, Spirne, Rozdolivka, Blahodatne, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Mar’inka, Vuhledar, and Pavlivka (Donetsk oblast).

Volyn, Polissya, Sivershchyna, and Slobozhanshchyna axes: no significant changes, no offensive groups of the adversary were detected.

Key points of the report:

  • Sivershchyna axis: the adversary shelled the vicinities of Leonivka, Yasna Polyana, Mykhal’chyna Sloboda (Chernihiv oblast), Budivel’ne, Volfyne, and Tymofiivka (Sumy oblast).
  • Slobozhanshchyna axis: vicinities of 20x settlements suffered enemy attacks, including, Budarky, Vovchans’ki Khutory, Lyptsi, Vovchans’k, Krasne, and Neskuchne (Kharkiv oblast).
  • Kup’yans’k axis: Syn’kivka, Ivanivka, Kotlyarivka, Tabaivka (Kharkiv oblast), and Stel’makhivka (Luhansk oblast) came under fire.
  • Lyman axis: the enemy shelled Ukrainian positions in the vicinities of Makiivka, Ploshchanka, Chervonopopivka, Nevs’ke (Luhansk oblast), Veryhins’ke forestry, and Yampolivka (Donetsk oblast).
  • Bakhmut axis: 22x settlements came under fire, including Ivanivs’ke, Krasnopolivka, Spirne, Bakhmut, Ozaryanivka, New York, Klishchiivka, and Kurdyumivka (Donetsk oblast).
  • Avdiivka axis: Avdiivka, Vodyane, Pervomais’ke, Berdychi, Nevel’s’ke, Mar’inka, and Novomykhailivka (Donetsk oblast) suffered enemy attacks.
  • Novopavlivka axis: the adversary shelled Bohoyavlenka, Prechystivka, and Zolota Nyva (Donetsk oblast).
  • Zaporizhzhia axis: tank and artillery fire hit 25x settlements, including Vremivka, Vil’ne Pole, Novopil’ (Donetsk oblast), Mala Tokmachka, Novodanylivka, and Orikhiv (Zaporizhzhia oblast).
  • Kherson axis: the occupant forces continue to shell civilian towns and villages. 20x settlements sustained damage, including Beryslav, Antonivka, Dudchany, Kachkarivka, Bilozerka, Novokairy, Respublikanets’, and Kherson. Russian attacks caused casualties among civilian population.

As the Ukraine’s General Staff operational report states, during the day of January 25, the Ukrainian Air Force launched 14x air strikes on the concentrations of enemy troops and 2x air strikes on the positions of russian anti-aircraft missile systems.

In addition, 2x russian Su-25 jets, 1x Ka-52 attack helicopter, 4x “Orlan-10” UAVs, and 1x “Superkam” UAV of the enemy were destroyed.

During the day of January 25, 2023, Ukrainian missile and artillery troops engaged 1x command post, 12x concentrations of troops, and 4x ammunition depots of the russian occupiers.

Ukraine’s General Staff Operational Report, russians are Preparing for the Next Wave of Mobilization in Occupied Crimea, Defense Express

On the night of January 26, the Russian occupiers resumed attacks on Ukraine with the Iranian-made Shahed-136/131 kamikaze drones," the report said.

UAVs had been launched from the eastern coast of the Sea of Azov.

According to preliminary data, the enemy used 24 Shaheds. All of them were destroyed by anti-aircraft missile units, fighter aircraft and mobile groups of the Ukrainian Air Force, in cooperation with air defense units of other components of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

Ukraine’s General Staff Operational Report, russians are Preparing for the Next Wave of Mobilization in Occupied Crimea, Defense Express

According to the report, in the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the enemy is preparing for the next wave of mobilization. Thus, by January 29, 2023, all so-called public and private institutions must submit lists of persons to be exempted from conscription to military commissariats. The next massive wave of mobilization is scheduled for late February. At the same time, starting from February 1, 2023, all repair and construction works at the state-owned enterprises and institutions will be suspended, and all budgeted funds will be redirected to support the armed aggression against Ukraine.

The occupiers take out and transfer medical equipment from Kakhovka central city hospital (Kherson oblast) to the city of Henichesk (Kherson oblast).

Ukraine’s General Staff also warns that the threat of further russian air and missile strikes remains high across Ukraine.

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